. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . oposition, the steam train. On the initial trip the car Weight on drivers is lbs.; tractive locomotive, tender, three car, steam pas- made a speed of 55 miles per hour. Car, effort, 8,200 lbs. senger train. Union Pacific No. M-23, will go into Main dimensions are: Mr. A. L. Mohler, President of the service between Kearney and Stapleton, Length 70 ft. Union Pacific Railroad has from the Nebraska, displacing the old style steam Length, Ry. P. 0 15 ft. original conception of gasolin
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . oposition, the steam train. On the initial trip the car Weight on drivers is lbs.; tractive locomotive, tender, three car, steam pas- made a speed of 55 miles per hour. Car, effort, 8,200 lbs. senger train. Union Pacific No. M-23, will go into Main dimensions are: Mr. A. L. Mohler, President of the service between Kearney and Stapleton, Length 70 ft. Union Pacific Railroad has from the Nebraska, displacing the old style steam Length, Ry. P. 0 15 ft. original conception of gasoline motor cars train—the distance is 103 miles, making Length express-baggage com- advocated and believed in only the higher the round trip of 206 miles a day, which partment 38 ft. 3-\* in. powered cars and this new 300 horse- will result in a monthly average mileage Total wheel base power engine was designed to meet his of something over 6,000 miles, which Wheel base, front truck 10 ft views. The baggage, mail, express and more than compares with the average Wheel base, rear truck 7 ft. 300 HORS1 Till: UNION RAILROAD. power all mii the same and lead car is anew idea and is the conception of Ware, General Manager of theLTnion Pacific—Mr. Wares idea is to havethis new 300 horsepower car and coachafford all the facilities of the usual localand branch line train. The past ten yearsexperience in operating gasoline motorcars has shown such a stimulated and in-creased business from their use that evenwith their growth in size from a 30 at first to finally a 70 ft. passenger andpower car hauling a 30 ft. trailer, thesize of the gasoline equipment must bestill further increased—the new doubleunit was designed in consequence. Large revenue capacity in comparisonto the low dead weight, the high accelera-tion; the facility (account of light weight)in making local stops, all tend to verymuch improve economic results in hand- monthly mileage of passe
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